Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 919-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: PHANTOM
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sc-645-sc645-pkt-919-packet-md
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[2]NHHC DANFS, ‘SC-601 - SC-700,’ archived capture of the former live page [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- SC-645 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Archived NHHC DANFS entry identifies SC-645 as built by Peterson Boat Works at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; laid down 1 February 1942; launched 26 July 1942; commissioned 12 September 1942; and transferred to the Maritime Commission 5 March 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Construction workforce and U.S. Navy crew; complement not located
- Limitations
- The live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-03, so this is explicitly an archived NHHC capture. It documents identity and milestones, not vessel materials, asbestos content, exposure, causation, or later disposition after the Maritime Commission transfer.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-645-sc645-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 106, SC-645 entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s Special List No. 44 indexes deck-log holdings for SC-645 for 11 September 1942-30 April 1943 and 1 July 1943-30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew; names and complement not located
- Limitations
- This is a holdings index, not the deck logs themselves. It establishes surviving date ranges for potential hull-specific research; it does not establish activity, materials, asbestos content, exposure, or the precise commissioning date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-645-sc645-02
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[4]NHHC DANFS, ‘SC-601 - SC-700,’ archived capture; NARA Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC SC-645 entry; NARA PDF p. 106, SC-645 entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The authoritative hull-specific records reviewed identify the vessel as SC-645. This record therefore corrects and excludes the unsupported PC-645 vessel identity; PC-645 is not used as an alias or as a vessel-history finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Limitations
- The cited records positively identify SC-645; they do not themselves supply a complete numbering-history analysis for every PC-class hull. This correction prevents an unsupported PC-645 attribution and makes no materials or asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-645-sc645-03
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[5]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights; full-report search result identifies shipboard insulation, gaskets, and pipe-hanger liners
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy-wide use and removal policy for asbestos in Navy ships in 1975-79, including shipboard insulation and applications such as gaskets and pipe-hanger liners. This is Navy-program context only; it does not identify SC-645 or establish that any such material was aboard her.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; not SC-645-specific
- Limitations
- The GAO product page was live but its PDF returned HTTP 403 to direct retrieval on 2026-10-03. The report concerns 1975-79 Navy policy, decades after SC-645’s documented wartime log period; it is contextual evidence only and cannot support an inference that asbestos was installed aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-645-sc645-04
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[6]CourtListener authenticated-search helper, required base query ‘USS SC-645,’ opinion search; pacing allocator response [court_record]
- Locator
- Helper output, 2026-10-03: ‘COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent’
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No CourtListener result is recorded because the required authenticated CourtListener sweep could not begin: the fleet-wide pacing helper twice reported that its shared request budget was momentarily spent before an API request was issued. Litigation status remains unsearched, not negative.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This records a search-access gap, not a no-result finding. The remaining three mandatory base queries and this query’s actual API search were not run after the helper’s throttling instruction; no asbestos variant was run.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-645-sc645-05
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[7]Research result based on the NHHC DANFS SC-645 entry, NARA Special List No. 44 holdings index, and official-source sweep documented in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-sc-645-sc645-01 through -05
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material specification, or qualifying litigation record was located in the official sources reviewed for SC-645.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- Research conducted 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A limited public-source search cannot establish that no such record exists. Deck logs are an archival lead and CourtListener was blocked by fleet pacing, so this is not a litigation negative and does not establish absence of asbestos aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-645-sc645-06